Brake support



Feb. 5 1924.,"

IASZJM@ B. HASKELL BRAKE SUPPORT Filed 001'.. 24. 1922 W afm/OMI fra/Ess Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

N i la STATES P A T ai.

BRODERICK HASKELL, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAKE SUPPORT.

Application led October 24, 1922. Serial No. 596,592.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BRoDERIoK HAsxELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brake Supports, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car trucks, and more particularly to the supporting means and hangers for suspending the brake beams in secure and proper relation to correctly maintain the brake shoes with respect to the wheels and brake operating mechanism.

The objects of the invention are as follows First, to provide a brake support of the character above indicated which can be cheaply manufactured, easily applied and adjusted or removed from the truck frame without being required to remove or apply coupling pin or pins.

Second, to provide a brake support in which increased bearing surface for the brake hanger is provided without increasing the size or weight of said support and insuring decreased wear and slack or lost motion tothe gear controlling the application of the brakes.

Third, to provide a brake support which preventing the tilting or inefficient position of the brake beams or shoes, and at all times holding them normal. to the wheel axles, so that the top of said brake shoes will not be in position to continuously grind against the wheels when the brakes are not being applied.

Fourth, to construct and arrange the journal or bearing surface of the suspension means carrying the brake hangers so as not only materially increase and properly distribute said bearing surfaces, but at the same time more directly and safely resist the pull or strain when the brakes are applied and thereby reduce to a minimum the liability of the brake beam falling on thetrack by reason of the broken brake hangers or hanger supports which frequently oocurs from the present constructionsl causing disastrous and expensive wrecks.

ther objects and advantages ofthe invention will appear and be manifest from the detailed description of the construction and arrangement of parts to be presently given.

The invention consists of structural characteris'tics and relative arrangements of elements which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts in the several figures:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view 'of a portion of a side frame with the im- 'on each side' of a car' truck carrying'the standardform of boxes 11,wheels 12. axle 13, and a spring plank 14. Each of said frames 10^is of channel shape, as shown in yFigure 2. and is provided on its inner side or wall with a suspensionv means, lug or projection 15 adapted to form a journal or bearwill not unduly or unevenly wear, thereby ing for the upper endof the brake hanger to be presently described.

j Said lugsor projections 15 may be and are preferably east integral with the frames and so arranged as to be horizontal and alined with each other in the opposite and inner sides of the truck, as clearly shown in Fig- 1 ure 2. Lugs or projections 15 may be cast with an elongated cross-section and arranged withvtheir longer sides vertical or slightly inclined, as shown in Figure 1. for the purpose of not only securing additional resisting power against a downward pull due to 'the weight of the brake beam, brake head and shoes, but at the Sametime having the upper and lower curved edges 16 and 17 of said lugs or projections 15 form upper and lower bearing or journal surfaces and said lower curved surface 17 being formed on a greater radius than the upper surface 16, as

indicated. j l

Brake hangers 18 having their upper ends provided with enlarged -or elongated openings 19 so constructed als'A to i encircle the projections or lugs 15 and have the upper and lower surfaces-of said `openings l9 ,so formed or rounded as to `have asliding or rotatable contact with the upper and lower curved bearing or Ujournal. 1surfaces 16 and 17 of the lugs or projections 15,'and permit the lower ends of said brake hangers `18 tto have the proper and required oscillatory movement for the correct application of, the brake shoes 20, secured to the usual brake heads' 2l pivotally connected tothelower or oscillating ends of said brake hangerslS'as isgcoinmon inithislclass .of devices. i

The brake hangers 18::i1istead of Ihaving their :upperends solid, as shown inv-Figures 1 and 2,:mayibe dividedsor-isplit at 22,*as illustrated inFigure 3, andialso capable of beiiigfappliedto the for-mofframe l() .shown in ,Figurer-1,` orrto `avtruck of .the archgloar column type, as indicatedfbyf23inFigure 3. Figureifl shows .al lugor uprojection 2li of the same general. .cross-section or, type as shown in Figurel,y except thatits vertical wallsfa-re slightly recessed, while the relation 1 ofthe liadiizandisha-pe of the upper-,hand

lower curved bearing surfaces of said::pro-

jection 24 ^andthe sector-shaped':opening in the upperlend 'of the brake hangeri25 are the same as disclosed in Figurel.

In Figurew 'the 'lug [or projection A26 lias the upper andlower curved bearing surfaces of substantially the samefcurvature as shown in Figures f1 and 4, except'that it -is :provided with a' maximum Iupper 'f bearing 1 surface ,27

for fa -givenare of movementio thebral{e hanger 28-byreasonof-the tapered lowerfend 29fof saidv projectionv or; lug26y Theeopening 30 'in the hanger .28-:approaches fa 1rectangle Lin .cross-section' l-instea'dofbeingfsector-shaped', as .shown-,in Figuresfl @and 4:

' The lug or projection 31 shownfinFigu-re 6, has its upper andlowerwcurvedbearing surfaces 32 and 33 ofthe-same curvaturefand struckrom-fthe samecenteriand its-:side walls are recessedsimilarlyasshown-inFigurerl. The upper.` end-of the brake hanger lax-is provided with an opening 35similar in yFrom -the location andfarrangement. y of i the; suspension lugs orfjournals on-.theinner sides of the truck iframes and the cooperatingfopenings in theupper Iends 's ofthe ,brake liangers,not only is amaximumbearingsurfacel eitectedwwitlia. minimumwot ffriction between said.V brake :hangers :and its; supportingymeans, but-at the same tima-thestrainfL or resistance when the brakes arefapplied-is taken up i and I isin the direction of greatest and arrangement of the brake hangers permit any oneof said brake hangers to be installed oreremoved without skilled labor or being required to remove coupling pins or ,disturb anyoiotherbrake hanger. The present arrangement and construction of brake-support also enables the brake hangers to properly arrange themselves with respect to their 'brake ;beam,connections and curved bearings or Journals of the lugs or proJec- ,v.

tions as to correctly-adjust, apply `or release the brake :shoes/with, respect to the truck wheelsgiiinrder to have the ditferentelements comprising, the brake gear mechanism;v to havefposi-tive, safeand efficient action under all conditions of.,sei-"vice,y

Fromv-theiforegoing, disclosure lof the vconstruction and arrangement of the improvementk and :mode i of ,applying and operation ofthe saine? itffwillfhe seen that all the obijects; andiy advantages recited in the statement ofeinvention' have been fully and eiciently carriedfout, ,and ,while I have shown and v descrihedfmyyfpreterred form,- many ychanges will readily suggest themselves without in any :way-departing, :fromthe salient features herein disclosed and embodied in thescope of theclaims.

What l claim -is z-f v1 .Acar truck, comprising side frames having-innerV y walls .and a ,lug of elongated cross-section extending, from, the C inner side of each of said side frames, any oscillating brake hangenV havingran `.upper lend; with an opening and'adj acent-to .the innerwall of each ofsaid side lframes:andsupported troniv said rlug ,byfsaid opening, anda brake beam having-itsends connected tothe other or free .enjdsof saidoscillating brakeh'angers.

2. A car truck comprising sideY` frames havingfinnerwalls;and1a jlug'of elongated cross-section i extending @from the ,inner side offeacli ofsaidi sideframes withits longitudi- `vnal axis in substantially an upright position, Y an-oscillatingbrakehanger having an upper A end i Ewith ,an nelongated opening ,and ad] acent tojthe inner ,wallof each of said, side frames andssupportedffrom Vsaid lug by said opening, and a brake beam having its ends conl nected to `the f other-',iori-:freeends of rsaid oscillatingfbrakehangers.,

3.(A1carrtruck comprising side frames having inner .wallsand a lugy of .elongated CLrOss-Setonextending,from the inner s ide otieachfo said Sidelfraineaan oscillating brake;hanger having-an upper endwithan elongated opening land adj acent to thefinner wallpfeea'cli ofsaidside'frames and supportedgtromsaidlug by saidelongated opening,; anda :brake y, hanger having its ends connected to ,the lother orjreeends Pof said oscillatingbrake hangers.

Y 4.;A, -car,triiclr ,-comprising side vframes havinginner wallssanda lugvof elongated rCrea;seti-@1i@geheele :name-11rfmin he plane of the inner side of each of said side frames with its longitudinal axis in substantially an upright position and the curvature of the upper edge being on a shorter radius than the curvature of the lower edge,

an oscillating brake hanger having an upper end with an elongated opening and adjacent to the inner wall of each of said side frames and supported from said lug by said opening, and a brake beam having its ends connected to the other or free ends of said oscillating brake hangers.

5. A car truck comprising side frames having inner walls and a lug of elongated 15 cross-section extending normally from the plane of the inner side of each of said side frames with its longitudinal axis in substantially an upright position and the upper and lower edges of said lug being rounded to form bearing surfaces, an oscillating brake hanger having an upper end with an elongated opening and adjacent to the inner wall of each of said side frames and sup ported from said lug by said opening, and a brake beam having its ends connected to the other or free ends of said oscillating brake hangers.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

BRODERICK HASKELL. 

